Advent Penance Service
I know a lot of people who get depressed this time of year. Probably you do too. Many people are missing loved ones who are far away from home, or who have passed away. Some of my friends have a … Continued
Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent: O Radiant Dawn
Today’s readings There’s a little more light today. As we get toward these last days of Advent, we find ourselves in a time when more light is beginning to shine. All of the candles on our Advent wreath are lit, … Continued
Friday of the First Week of Advent
Today’s readings We are approaching one of the darkest times of the year. I think that’s why we so desperately need Advent. If we didn’t have the hope of a light that could shatter the darkest of darkness, winter would … Continued
Tuesday of Holy Week
Today’s readings “And it was night.” In John’s Gospel, sentences like that are not given merely to tell the time of day. John’s Gospel is filled with images of light and darkness, light of course representing Christ and darkness representing … Continued
Advent Penance Service
Readings: Isaiah 61:1-3, Matthew 9:1-8 This afternoon I was thinking about the fact that people don’t experience things in the same way. I was in downtown Naperville with my sister, my two nieces and my nephew. We were out having … Continued
Fourth Sunday of Advent: O Oriens
Today’s readings I was with some friends the other night and we watched the Patrick Stewart version of “A Christmas Carol.” When I watched it this time, I was really struck by the themes of light and darkness that Charles … Continued
Thursday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time
Today's readings [display_podcast] One of the voices that can never be silenced in us is the voice that cries out seeking to see. We spend our whole lives crying out as Bartimaeus in today’s Gospel: “Master, I want to see.” … Continued
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